Faraday.new shortcut

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This mess is gonna get raw, like sushi. So, haters to the left.
 
 ## Usage
 
-    conn = Faraday::Connection.new(:url => 'http://sushi.com') do |builder|
+    conn = Faraday.new(:url => 'http://sushi.com') do |builder|
       builder.use Faraday::Request::Yajl        # convert body to json with Yajl lib
       builder.use Faraday::Adapter::Logger      # log the request somewhere?
       builder.use Faraday::Adapter::Typhoeus    # make http request with typhoeus
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ This mess is gonna get raw, like sushi. So, haters to the left.
 
     # You can pass stubbed request to the test adapter or define them in a block
     # or a combination of the two.
-    test = Faraday::Connection.new do |builder|
+    test = Faraday.new do |builder|
       builder.adapter :test, stubs do |stub|
         stub.get('/ebi') {[ 200, {}, 'shrimp' ]}
       end

lib/faraday.rb

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ module Faraday
     attr_accessor :default_adapter
     attr_writer   :default_connection
 
+    def new(url = nil, options = {})
+      block = block_given? ? Proc.new : nil
+      Faraday::Connection.new(url, options, &block)
+    end
+
   private
     def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
       default_connection.send(name, *args, &block)

test/adapters/logger_test.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Adapters
       @logger = Logger.new(@io)
       @logger.level = Logger::DEBUG
 
-      @conn = Faraday::Connection.new do |b|
+      @conn = Faraday.new do |b|
         b.adapter :logger, @logger
         b.adapter :test do |stubs|
           stubs.get('/hello') { [200, {'Content-Type' => 'text/html'}, 'hello'] }

test/adapters/test_middleware_test.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Adapters
   class TestMiddleware < Faraday::TestCase
     def setup
       @stubs = Faraday::Adapter::Test::Stubs.new
-      @conn  = Faraday::Connection.new do |builder|
+      @conn  = Faraday.new do |builder|
         builder.adapter :test, @stubs
       end
       @stubs.get('/hello') { [200, {'Content-Type' => 'text/html'}, 'hello'] }

test/connection_app_test.rb

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class TestConnectionApps < Faraday::TestCase
   end
 
   def setup
-    @conn = Faraday::Connection.new do |b|
+    @conn = Faraday.new do |b|
       b.use TestMiddleWare
       b.use TestAdapter
     end

test/env_test.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'helper'))
 
 class TestEnv < Faraday::TestCase
   def setup
-    @conn = Faraday::Connection.new :url => 'http://sushi.com/api', :headers => {'Mime-Version' => '1.0'}
+    @conn = Faraday.new :url => 'http://sushi.com/api', :headers => {'Mime-Version' => '1.0'}
     @conn.options[:timeout]      = 3
     @conn.options[:open_timeout] = 5
     @conn.ssl[:verify]           = false

test/request_middleware_test.rb

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class RequestMiddlewareTest < Faraday::TestCase
 
 private
   def create_json_connection(encoder)
-    Faraday::Connection.new do |b|
+    Faraday.new do |b|
       b.use encoder
       b.adapter :test do |stub|
         stub.post('echo_body') do |env|

test/response_middleware_test.rb

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ResponseMiddlewareTest < Faraday::TestCase
   end
 
   def create_json_connection(encoder)
-    Faraday::Connection.new do |b|
+    Faraday.new do |b|
       b.adapter :test do |stub|
         stub.get('json')  { [200, {'Content-Type' => 'text/html'}, "[1,2,3]"] }
         stub.get('blank') { [200, {'Content-Type' => 'text/html'}, ''] }